It sounds like an insult you'd hear thrown around at a middle school 'Hey gayface, why is your face so gay hahahahaha!'

I thought that both Douglas and Damon did a great job in Candelabra. Scott Bakula was interesting, it was a gay character, but had none of the stereotypical gay mannerisms, which was cool, probably much more real to life than most Hollywood gay portrayals.

The one thing that really surprised me was Damon's Thorson character and how he got into the big fight with Liberace about how he wouldn't ever 'receive'. I understand that amongst gay men there is generally a preference for being a 'top' or a 'bottom' but I just figured that they pretty much all took turns to some degree there.

ManateeGag:Nabb1: Does that mean gay actors can't play straight men anymore, either?

Both Nathan Lane and NPH are good at the lecherous types.

Lane does more of a campy lecherous thing that does require a bit of suspension of disbelief, but I'd be happy to watch him play anything. The 'A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum' revival with him and Mark Linn-Baker was one of the best Broadway shoes I've ever seen.

Emboldened, underlined and emibggened for emphasis. I don't care whether the actor playing a gay character is straight, gay, or bi in real life as long as the actor can act. Heck, I don't care about the sexuality of any actor playing a gay, straight, bi, or omni-sexual character as long as the actor can act.

If a straight actor plays a flaming gay stereotype, that's a little offensive, but really not much more so than a gay actor doing the same. If a straight actor plays a regular person who happens to fark and love men, that's fine by me.

TuteTibiImperes:NPH is just so incredibly versatile that he really can do anything.

I saw an episode of How I met your Mother guest starring Wayne Brady (who is presumably straight) as his gay brother. So he's versatile enough to act like a straight man having to "accept" his brother's gayness and do it with a straight face. I'm not sure what his personal thoughts were at the time but it was gut-wrenching to watch the scene in that context.

/not sure of the exact timing of his coming out but that and the episode in question both came happened in November 2006. Were any NPH fans following that when it happened?

Zombalupagus:TuteTibiImperes: NPH is just so incredibly versatile that he really can do anything.

I saw an episode of How I met your Mother guest starring Wayne Brady (who is presumably straight) as his gay brother. So he's versatile enough to act like a straight man having to "accept" his brother's gayness and do it with a straight face. I'm not sure what his personal thoughts were at the time but it was gut-wrenching to watch the scene in that context.

/not sure of the exact timing of his coming out but that and the episode in question both came happened in November 2006. Were any NPH fans following that when it happened?

I remember seeing that episode, and I seem to recall it coming out shortly after NPH came out. It would have probably had to have been filmed before the coming out, but the timing was pretty cool.